Restoration Potions

I hate Restoration potions.
They are great for healing, but interrupt any type of stance/mode. I'll be in expertise mode, use the potion, and for some reason it removes me from it. It is very frustrating since by the time I back into expertise mode I need another potion. I'm not sure if is this is on purpose or if it is part of the original scripting, but it makes it worthless to be a DD because you only have a limited number of stances per day, and drinking the restoration potion removes from the stance. With a mixture of this, and not being able to rest in D16, you can imagine the frustration.

Now I have noticed the other potions don't cause this, so I'm not sure what the problem is.

Yes -- I've noticed this too.
It's annoying in d16, where I find expertise becomes important for me.

The resto pots seem more likely to provide a decent amount of healing (compared with the regular healing pots), so I tend to use them ...which kicks me out of expertise mode, and unless I time things just right the monsters get a whole round of hitting me with low AC.

I've noticed that as well......... my DD is not looking forward to D16 (or D15 for that matter)

- WR69

I think the restoration potions do that when they clear all harmful effects. I'm not sure there is anything I can do about it, but I'll investigate. As for healing potions, they work pretty good for me, but I usually take healing skill. The chance of spell failure in the most evil dungeons is modified by many factors, like guild membership, alignment, class, and healing skill. I also play so that I can use the healing potions effectively even if they occasionally fail. My technique: I put the potions in the quick bar and click several times whenever I fall beneath 50% HP. I then click on the monster after I get a successful heal. Otherwise, I keep drinking. I think the odds are limited to no worse then 50/50. That means you'd have to get pretty unlucky to have more than a couple potions in a row fail.

Thank you for the advice, the fact that there is a spell failure for healing pots was the only reason i was reluctant to use them. on a number of occasions, i assume that it will fully heal me, then it failed and i died, very upsetting. I guess i will just use multiple ones from now on.

The restoration potions are supposed to have a failure chance, too, but the script isn't working properly.

Sarah the DM wrote:

The restoration potions are supposed to have a failure chance, too, but the script isn't working properly.

The resto pots don't always give a full heal -- but they seem to give a better heal than the healing pots (on average). In those fights where I need to use expertise it's a balancing act between heal and resto pots

I have a problem with these pots, they remove my Rage and i need them sometimes ... it sucks walking around cursed

See the thread on barbarian rage and let me know if restoration potions no longer destroy the rage effect.

I did log in this morning w./ my barbarian, it does allow you to use resto pots now without removing rage thatnk you... but did you reduce the time of the rage?

The duration was reduced on a previous change. It was originally designed to last until the temporary hit points were depleted. That gave it a potentially long duration. Now the rage lasts a set amount of time, even if the temporary hit points are gone. To compensate, the duration was reduced. Pure-classed barbarians will get the longest and most powerful versions of the rage. If you dual class with just 1 level in another class, your barbarian levels max out at 49 (39 + 10 legendary levels as discussed in another thread).